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EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall exploring adding teeth to standards regime
WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Whitehall exploring adding teeth to standards regime

By Dan Peters | 21 July 2026

Whitehall officials are attempting to add teeth to the standards regime despite the lack of a primary legislation vehicle to bring reform, The MJ understands.

POLICY AND POLITICS

Government urged to 'think again' on removing local authorities from ICBs

By Lee Peart | 13 July 2026

The Government has been urged to reconsider plans to remove the statutory right for local governm...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Martyn's Law: countering misconceptions

By Laura Gibb | 10 July 2026

Laura Gibb, executive director at The Security Industry Authority (SIA) answers some key question...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Should health, care and local government departments merge?

By Christopher Exeter | 03 July 2026

With Andy Burnham poised to become Prime Minister and launch what could be a radical restructure ...

DEVOLUTION

Devo, democracy and local government's constitutional future

By Jonathan S Davies | 02 July 2026

Jonathan S Davies asks if English local government can be constitutionally protected.

HR

Brighton faces 'unquantifiable' liability over equal pay claims

By William Eichler | 25 June 2026

Brighton and Hove City Council is unsure about the level of financial exposure it faces from more...

SOLACE

EXCLUSIVE: Councillor behaviour takes toll on chiefs, survey finds

By Neil Merrick | 25 June 2026

Abusive and other inappropriate behaviour by councillors is taking its toll on senior staff, a su...

POLICY AND POLITICS

EXCLUSIVE: Government reorganisation plan 'on track' despite Starmer resignation, McGovern insists

By Paul Marinko | 23 June 2026

Ministers have insisted they are ‘on track’ to announce the next tranche of reorganisation decisi...

ELECTIONS

EXCLUSIVE: Officers warn of looming elections systems failure

By Martin Ford | 18 June 2026

The elections system is under ‘increasing strain’ and ‘likely to fail’ if put under further press...

FINANCE

Concerns persist despite Local Audit Office creation

By Joe Lepper | 16 June 2026

The local audit system is out of ‘intensive care’ but still in ‘high dependency’, the Government’...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Think-tank warning over social housing reforms

By Joe Lepper | 11 June 2026

A lack of grant funding to councils threatens to derail the Government’s social housing reforms, ...

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Service Manager – Quality Assurance & Practice Development

£54,994 - £62,777 per annum

Lead excellence in social work practice and help shape continuous improvement across Children’s Services. Apply for this job

Cheshire East Council

Chief Executive

c.£235,000

In April 2027, West Surrey Council will become one of England's largest new unitary authorities Apply for this job

West Surrey Council

Executive Director - Children and Families

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Few leadership roles offer such remarkable potential to improve the life-chances of hundreds of thousands of children. Apply for this job

Birmingham City Council

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